After Being Transmigrated into a Cannon Fodder Scum Alpha - Chapter 21.2

On the way here, Yuanyuan had even glared at her twice. She felt very wronged and mistreated.

‘The opportunity is here.’

“Ahem.” The Grand Duke cleared her throat pretentiously. “Omegas—you can’t spoil them. If you spoil them, they’ll think they’re above you.”

The Alpha pitching the tent furrowed her brows. She didn’t agree with this sentence, and her movements slowed down.

“Look at me. I do nothing at home, so helping once is a blessing to her. That’s why she’s so happy.” As if not seeing the other person’s face turning dark, Yun Qi continued to spread her “great wisdom.” “Alphas should be in the dominant position; Omegas are just appendages. You have to make them understand this principle, or they’ll walk all over you.”

The Alpha didn’t reply to Yun Qi but sped up her work, finishing the tent and leaving immediately.

She felt she had misjudged this person.

‘Tsk, I’m even making myself speechless. How can there be someone so greasy?’

[Thanks, I’m also speechless.]

[Scum Value +35.]

Well, it seems that Alpha was truly disgusted by her; it was the first time she’d gained so many Scum Value points at once.

…

On Lin Chen’s side—

The two mothers followed behind the children.

“You two have such romantic roleplay going on.” Wu Yuanyuan laughed and bumped into Lin Chen.

“?”

“All that ‘Grand Duke’ and ‘Sir’ stuff. I’ll try it with Huang Yu when I get back.” She thought these titles were very interesting and could be used to tease her own Alpha. That dull block-head would probably turn red from head to toe.

“She likes hearing it.” Lin Chen smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

“What’s there to be shy about? I’ve never called her that before, but I’ve played plenty of similar uniform-play.” It was just that that dead wood didn’t cooperate much, Wu Yuanyuan thought with some dissatisfaction.

Can’t think about it, can’t think about it. The more she thought, the angrier she got. Other people’s Alphas were so cooperative, while hers always made excuses to check on the kids and then ran away; she couldn’t even stop her.

“What is uniform-play?” Lin Chen felt she might be about to encounter a brand-new world.

“It’s wearing beautiful clothes and showing them to the Alpha.” Wu Yuanyuan blinked and leaned close to Lin Chen’s ear to keep whispering. “It’s…”

As she listened, Lin Chen’s eyes grew brighter. She felt this seemed very suitable for her. Every time she dressed lightly, a certain Alpha liked to be “hard-mouthed but soft-hearted”—clearly staring subconsciously while refusing to admit it.

“Xi’er, don’t run too far.” Lin Chen called out to her daughter, who was running further and further away. Although she was chatting with Wu Yuanyuan, her eyes were always fixed on Lin Xi.

Wu Yuanyuan also noticed Huang Siting was almost out of sight. She shouted “Wild Monkey!” and the small Omega hid behind Lin Xi.

“I want the rabbit.” Lin Xi pointed to a white rabbit not far away. She and Huang Siting had run so far just chasing this rabbit.

“Did I not teach you to be careful when encountering wild animals?” Even though wild rabbits looked harmless, this was the forest after all. It wouldn’t be good if they followed the rabbit into a large animal’s habitat.

“I was wrong.” Lin Xi looked at Lin Chen piteously, making Lin Chen’s heart soften.

“I wanted to catch it to bring to Mother. Auntie Butler said Mother likes rabbits.” When Lin Chen wasn’t around, the butler would occasionally coax Lin Xi to sleep. She said that when Yun Qi was a child, her favorite animal was a rabbit—especially a white one. So, she wanted to catch one to give to Mother as a gift.

Lin Chen stroked Lin Xi’s head, becoming lost in thought.

…

When Lin Chen and Wu Yuanyuan returned with the children, each child held a snow-white baby rabbit in their arms.

On the way back, they saw a fox carrying a fat rabbit, preparing to strike at the two small rabbits in front. Lin Xi and Huang Siting both looked at their mothers at the same time, and subsequently, the two baby rabbits were saved.

The pure white rabbit quickly caught Yun Qi’s attention, but she only glanced at it before looking away.

Before reading Harry Potter, her favorite animal had indeed been the pure white rabbit, but after reading it, she loved snowy owls even more.

Lin Xi ran pitter-patter to Yun Qi’s side and held up the rabbit for her to see.

She was a bit shy; this was her first time giving Mother a gift.

Yun Qi didn’t realize Lin Xi wanted to give her a gift. She perfunctorily stroked the rabbit’s fur.

Seeing Mother didn’t understand her meaning, Lin Xi placed the rabbit on Mother and ran back to Lin Chen’s side.

…

Wu Yuanyuan returned to find her Alpha looking solemn.

“Stay away from Mu Qi from now on.”

It was a nonsensical sentence, and Wu Yuanyuan quickly retorted. Then Huang Yu told her partner about the conversation from the afternoon.

“No way. Yun Chen looks quite happy to me.” Words can lie, but behavior is hard to fake. Lin Chen’s actions didn’t look like she was afraid of Mu Qi.

She planned to chat with her new friend again tomorrow. She really liked this friend.

…

Lin Chen only brought one tent, so the family would sleep together tonight—along with the newly joined rabbit.

“I hope neither of us crosses this line in the middle. I assume you think the same.” Yun Qi placed her daytime outer coat in the middle like a barrier.

Lin Chen did not answer. Holding Lin Xi in her arms, she faced Yun Qi and entered dreamland.

Yun Qi rolled over, her back to Lin Chen.

At midnight, the rabbit seemed to have slept enough. it started hopping around near Yun Qi, making rustling sounds and kicking the clothes Yun Qi had placed in the middle far away.

Because her physical perception was enhanced, Yun Qi was woken by the sounds from the rabbit.

“Cold…” A tiny voice came from behind.

Yun Qi rolled back. The Omega’s brow was furrowed, her lips were pale, and her body was shaking slightly.

Lin Xi also seemed a bit cold, huddling in her Mama’s arms.

Yun Qi looked again at the clothes kicked away by the rabbit.

‘I just said the clothes were the line. Now the clothes have been kicked away by the rabbit, so the line is gone. The temperature difference between day and night in the forest is too big. If Lin Chen and Lin Xi catch a cold today, they might go back tomorrow, and I’d lose many chances to gain Scum Value, right?’

[Sure. If the Scum Value doesn’t increase in the following activities, I’ll have to deduct points.]

‘Of course.’

Yun Qi slowly moved her body closer to Lin Chen. Because of the agent, her body maintained a temperature slightly higher than an average person’s, feeling exceptionally warm on this night.

Feeling the heat from her surroundings, Lin Chen also moved toward the heat source.

Soon she was pressed against Yun Qi’s body. Lin Xi lay between Mama and Mother. Yun Qi put her arm around Lin Chen and pulled the Omega closer to her.

Lin Chen pressed her face against Yun Qi’s neck, nuzzled a bit, and fell into dreamland.

…

In the early morning, the teachers from the school began waking everyone up.

Yun Qi seemed to have entered a nightmare. The arm around Lin Chen began to tighten, waking her up.

She looked up at Yun Qi and tried to push away the arm around her waist—if it tightened any more, it would crush the child. But after pushing a few times, she found she couldn’t move it.

Yun Qi’s nails were pinching her painfully. She placed her hand on the soft flesh she’d found on Yun Qi’s waist during the last special period, pinched, and twisted. Yun Qi was woken by the pain, recovering from the nightmare.

Feeling her hand tightly gripping Lin Chen’s flesh, Yun Qi smiled somewhat awkwardly.

After everyone left their tents and finished breakfast, the teacher stood at the front and shouted through a megaphone: “We are about to visit plants unique to the Ross Forest. We hope all parents take good care of their children.”

“In addition, we will have a specialized professor lecture on these plants. It may take some time, so we hope parents bring food for lunch.”

Then they lined up and began heading into the depths.

Unlike the arrival, this time the formation was based on family units.

The path was rugged. Other Alphas were holding their children in one arm and leading their partner with the other.

Lin Chen also instinctively handed Lin Xi to Yun Qi. After Yun Qi took her, she took hold of Yun Qi’s other arm.

In Lin Xi’s arms was the rabbit that had been “clubbing” at night. Perhaps because it had spent too much energy, it was now sound asleep, seemingly treating Lin Xi as its rabbit mother.

‘Standing out too much isn’t good. Although I have the appearance-altering simulator, who knows if some small accident might happen and blow my cover? It’s best to act like everyone else and find that Alpha to perform for once we reach the destination.’

Yes, Yun Qi planned to pluck wool from a single sheep—that sheep being the mother of Lin Xi’s partner.

‘Performing for a single person reduces the possibility of exposing my identity and lowers the risk.’

[Fine.]

There were many mosquitoes and insects on the road, and they seemed slightly different from urban ones. The anti-toxin sprays or insecticides brought by the parents didn’t work well; everyone’s hands were bitten with large, red bumps.

But these insects seemed unwilling to bite Yun Qi—they wouldn’t even come near her. This is what Lin Chen discovered. Her side away from Yun Qi was bitten, itchy and painful. When she got back, she would definitely research a drug to deal with these wild mosquitoes.

For some reason, lately she seemed unable to control her temper, always getting angry over small things.

Passing a low tree, Lin Chen saw a fat caterpillar on a branch, wiggling its body to hide in the leaves.

Fearing soft-bodied insects seemed to be a natural trait for Omegas. The moment she saw the caterpillar, she buried herself in Yun Qi’s arms and refused to come out.

There were green leaves everywhere; she didn’t know if there was a second caterpillar hidden among them that would crawl onto her the moment she touched it, sliding along her skin and leaving disgusting, slimy fluid.

Yun Qi didn’t see the caterpillar. She was puzzled by the Omega’s sudden movement but didn’t push her away.

There were no clear paths in the forest. Sometimes they had to pass through low thickets, and one could easily be scratched by branches or sharp grass. An Alpha’s skin is naturally thicker than an Omega’s, and Yun Qi’s skin was even tougher after using the agent, making it hard to pierce. It was safer for Lin Chen to lean into her arms.

[You should thank me, you know.]

‘What for?’

[See the large bumps on the arms of the people beside you? Even through clothes, those poisonous mosquitoes can sink their mouthparts in.]

Indeed, throughout the walk, Yun Qi hadn’t been bitten once, nor had Lin Xi in her arms.

[That’s because I advised you to buy the body enhancement agent the night before you left. Your blood smells terrible to mosquitoes; otherwise, you’d have been bitten into a fool today.]

‘Thank you, our beautiful and kind-hearted Little Scum.’ Yun Qi praised the system internally with an extremely exaggerated tone.

Walking behind them, Wu Yuanyuan kept staring at the three in front.

From the Alpha’s actions, she felt Mu Qi was very protective of Yun Chen, unlike someone who would say those things yesterday.

Subconscious actions can’t lie. After Yun Chen shrank into Mu Qi’s arms, Mu Qi would use her hands to push away the branches around them, creating a space for the person in her arms—just like her own partner beside her.

The journey was long for these people who lived in cities and relied on cars for travel.

Some Alpha parents’ arms grew sore, so they set the children down to walk for a bit before picking them up again, repeating this process.

But Mu Qi held the child in her arms the whole time, never setting her down once. Lin Xi would sometimes peek out to see the scenery, only for Mu Qi to press her head back down with her chin.

Yun Qi was also the one carrying the food.

…

After arriving at the destination, Yun Qi set Lin Xi down.

The plants before them were varied in size, with multiple forms and colors. Some clustered together like a blooming rose, while others looked like money trees. The commonality was that each looked plump and juicy—weren’t these the succulents from Yun Qi’s world in her past life?

Yun Qi had grown them before but failed to keep them alive.

“These are the plants unique to Ross Forest—Mica.” Seeing some children reaching out, eager to touch, the professor quickly stopped them.

“Don’t let their cute and beautiful appearance fool you. They have mucus on them. If it touches our skin, it may cause allergic swelling. Although it’s not toxic, the swelling lasts for a day, and there’s currently no specific medication for it. It’s quite uncomfortable.”

“And don’t think about touching them through your clothes.” Seeing some students still hadn’t given up, the professor added, “This mucus can penetrate many things. Only one known material can completely block it, which is also extracted from a plant. I’ll take you to see it in a moment.”

Lin Xi silently retracted her extended claw.

Lin Chen, however, was quite interested. She had heard of this plant before and seen it in the lab, but she had never visited its natural habitat. The surrounding environment was worth investigating.

“But magically, the sap of this plant is a main ingredient in some current pheromone-regulating drugs. It’s hard to cultivate artificially because they have very high environmental requirements. There are only three known locations that meet their growth standards, and Ross Forest is one of them.”

“Mica likes…”

The more the professor said, the more puzzled Yun Qi became. Perhaps they just looked like succulents but weren’t actually the same plant?

After the professor finished explaining Mica to the students, he gave each student and parent specialized gloves to block the mucus, allowing them to observe the plants up close.

Yun Qi wore the gloves and touched one of them. The texture was very similar to a succulent, just slicker due to the mucus. Then she lost interest.

Lin Xi followed her partner and touched every Mica plant, arguing about which one looked better. Unable to reach a conclusion, they pulled Wu Yuanyuan and Huang Yu over to be judges.

Lin Chen focused all her attention on the Mica this time, not giving Yun Qi a single glance.

Fresh, unharvested Mica was very different from the Mica that arrived in the lab after many days of transport. Fresh Mica had plump flesh and great ornamental value; the ones in the lab were much more withered.

She wanted to secretly take one back when they left, but there were too many people now; she’d see if there was a chance later.

Ten minutes later, the teachers came to collect the gloves. These gloves, custom-made for harvesting Mica, were not cheap.

After visiting the Mica, the guide and professor took them to see the next plant, not far from where the Mica grew.

Yun Qi was also familiar with this plant—it was one she never expected to be linked with succulents—Mimosa.

“This plant is called Sensing Grass. Materials made by crushing them can block the Mica mucus.” This time the professor didn’t stop the students from touching.

The students were amazed to find that when they touched this plant, the leaves would fold up. When their hands moved away, the leaves would open again. It was very interesting.

Excellent, Sensing Grass was added to Lin Chen’s second project list.

“This plant is also very rare because it only grows near Mica, like a pair of arch-enemies.”

Succulents and Mimosa had no relation in her past life, right? Was it really just a similar appearance?

The professor was still up there telling the story of the Mimosa to the students and parents, explaining how researchers discovered this plant, but Yun Qi just wanted to eat quickly—it was already noon!

But saying that might ruin her image, so she could only hold it in.

Fortunately, the students were also hungry. After they spoke to the professor, the professor agreed to start the lunch break.

Lin Xi naturally wanted to be with her partner, so the two families sat together to eat.

Lin Chen had prepared plenty of food—more than enough for three people. She had considered sharing with Xi’er’s friends.

Huang Yu still had some issues with Yun Qi, so she didn’t talk to Yun Qi this time. Yun Qi sat by herself, comfortably closing her eyes to rest.

Watching Lin Chen busy herself alone with lunch while she helped her Beta cook, Huang Yu felt a bit disapproving.

[Scum Value +30.]

‘Is this Alpha really a big spender?’ Yun Qi marveled. She almost wanted to tuck this person into her pocket and take her home.

After the food was ready, Lin Chen served some for Lin Xi and told her to take it and eat with her partner. After Lin Xi ran off, she brought the food to Yun Qi’s side.

“My arm feels so bad.” She held up the bump from the mosquito bite for Yun Qi to see.

There was a large, red bump on her fair arm, very eye-catching.

The disguised Grand Duke did not want to pay attention.

“It was so uncomfortable while cooking.” Lin Chen handed the food to Yun Qi and placed her arm on Yun Qi’s body as well.

“Help me rub it, okay?” An Alpha’s strength is greater; it might be more effective than an Omega pinching it with her fingers.

‘As everyone knows, the more you rub a mosquito bite, the itchier it gets. So helping her is actually harming her.’

Then Yun Qi began helping Lin Chen rub the bump from the mosquito bite.

Lin Chen slowly leaned into Yun Qi’s arms and fell asleep.